Methods and systems for booting a computer in a distributed computing system
US5948101A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4416
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A field mountable controller boots by transmitting a seed letterbug to a server. The server responds with an initial operating system and program. The program reads configuration information about the controller and transmits it back to the server which responds with a particular letterbug for the controller. The controller then transmits the letterbug to a boot image server which returns a corresponding operating system image to the controller. The controller then boots using the operating system.
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